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    Jim asked me to run this one for him this week while he's on vaca. The songs are taken from the suggestions in the contribution thread.


    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's -
    1b) Wall of Voodoo -

    2a) Rockwell -
    2b) Eddy Grant -

    3a) Nena -
    3b) Edison Lighthouse -

    4a) The Vapors -
    4b) Sally Oldfield -

    5a) The Bouys -
    5b) Toni Basil - Mickey

    6a) Zager & Evans -

    6b) The Kingsmen -

    7a) Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Cryptkickers -
    7b) Looking Glass -

    8a) The Swingers -
    8b) Jane Child -
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    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's -

    2b) Eddy Grant -

    3a) Nena -

    4a) The Vapors -

    5b) Toni Basil - Mickey

    6a) Zager & Evans -


    7a) Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Cryptkickers -

    8b) Jane Child - [/QUOTE]
    comcast guy - m4m - 18 (nb)
    seem like we had that connection when we looked at each other
    you had a blue shirt on nice asss,dought you will see this but dosnt hurt to try, but id love to play with you. tell me what you where fixing, or the street name,or describe me.

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    1b) Wall of Voodoo - Hate hate hate Come On, Eileen.

    2a) Rockwell - Don't like either of these too much. I'll give Rockwell the vote for somehow getting MJ to sing backup vocals.

    3a) Nena -

    4a) The Vapors - Probably my fave one hit wonder of all time.

    5b) Toni Basil -

    b) The Kingsmen - This one isn't A one hit wonder, it's THE one hit wonder.

    7b) Looking Glass - I always thought this one would be great remade by a punk band.

    8a) The Swingers - Don't know these songs, but listened to both, and I like this one better.
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    1b) Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio

    2b) Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue

    3a) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    4a) The Vapors - Turning Japanese

    5b) Toni Basil - Mickey

    6b) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

    7a) Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Cryptkickers - The Monster Mash

    8a) The Swingers - Counting the Beat

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    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's - Come on Eileen

    2a) Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

    3a) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    4a) The Vapors - Turning Japanese

    5b) Toni Basil - Mickey

    6b) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

    7a) Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Cryptkickers - The Monster Mash

    8a) The Swingers - Counting the Beat
    They weren't singing....they were just honking.
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    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's -

    2b) Eddy Grant -

    3a) Nena -

    4b) Sally Oldfield -

    5a) The Bouys -

    6a) Zager & Evans -

    7b) Looking Glass -

    8b) Jane Child -
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    Quote Originally posted by Taumpy View post
    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's -

    2b) Eddy Grant -

    3a) Nena -

    4a) The Vapors -

    5b) Toni Basil -

    6b) The Kingsmen -

    7b) Looking Glass -

    8a) The Swingers -
    I have to say, I have never heard of half of these songs. So, some songs won because I'd at least heard of them. Except for Monster Mash. That is such a stupid fucking song that I feel embarrassed about having typed it just now. The fact that knowledge of it exists in my brain is a source of personal shame. I would vote for Macarthur Park over that song. Hell, I would vote for My Heart Will Go On over it. :Shake:

    Also: have you ever listened to the lyrics to Electric Avenue? I hadn't until rather recently, and then I realized that, while the chorus seems to be meaningless pop, the rest of the words are, incongruously, depressing as shit.
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    1b) Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
    2a) Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
    3a) Nena - 99 Luftballons
    4a) The Vapors - Turning Japanese
    5a) The Bouys - Timothy
    6a) Zager & Evans - In the Year 2525
    7b) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
    8a) The Swingers - Counting the Beat
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    Thank You Taumpy.

    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's - I love this silly song.

    2b) Eddy Grant -

    3a) Nena - I enjoy this one.

    4a) The Vapors - Not a good song but ...

    5b) Toni Basil - Another Wayne's World Movie joke song.

    6b) The Kingsmen - In the Year 2525 was my own suggestion, but Louie Louie is made of awesome and one of the greatest party songs.

    7a) Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Cryptkickers - Both bad, less bad wins out of round 1.

    8b) Jane Child -
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    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's - Come on Eileen

    2b) Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue

    3b) Edison Lighthouse -Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes

    4a) The Vapors - Turning Japanese

    5a) The Bouys - Timothy

    6a) Zager & Evans - In the Year 2525

    7b) Looking Glass -Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

    8a) The Swingers - Counting the Beat
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    Quote Originally posted by artifex View post
    Except for Monster Mash. That is such a stupid fucking song that I feel embarrassed about having typed it just now. The fact that knowledge of it exists in my brain is a source of personal shame. I would vote for Macarthur Park over that song. Hell, I would vote for My Heart Will Go On over it. :Shake:
    I could not possibly agree with you more on this one. Except that, I don't know that I could vote for Celine. I would have to abstain. But yeah, Monster Mash is an awful song and I thoroughly hate it.

    Anyway, I will send this thing into round 2 tomorrow.

    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's - Come on Eileen

    2a) Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

    3a) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    4a) The Vapors - Turning Japanese

    5b) Toni Basil - Mickey

    6b) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

    7b) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

    8b) Jane Child - I Don't Wanna Fall In Love
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    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's - Come on Eileen

    2b) Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue

    3a) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    4a) The Vapors - Turning Japanese

    5b) Toni Basil - Mickey

    6b) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

    7a) Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Cryptkickers - The Monster Mash

    8a) The Swingers - Counting the Beat
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    Round 2!

    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's - Come on Eileen
    1b) Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue

    2a) Nena - 99 Luftballons
    2b) The Vapors - Turning Japanese

    3a) Toni Basil - Mickey
    3b) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

    4a) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
    4b) The Swingers - Counting the Beat

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    1b) Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue

    2a) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    3a) Toni Basil - Mickey

    4a) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
    comcast guy - m4m - 18 (nb)
    seem like we had that connection when we looked at each other
    you had a blue shirt on nice asss,dought you will see this but dosnt hurt to try, but id love to play with you. tell me what you where fixing, or the street name,or describe me.

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    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's - Come on Eileen

    2a) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    3b) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

    4a) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    1b) Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue

    2a) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    3b) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

    4a) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

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    1b) Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue (Not because I particularly like it, but because I hate "Come on Eileen" SO MUCH.)

    2a) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    3b) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

    4a) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

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    Quote Originally posted by Orual View post
    1b) Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue (Not because I particularly like it, but because I hate "Come on Eileen" SO MUCH.)

    Thanks be! I was afraid I was the only one!

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    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's - Come on Eileen

    2a) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    3b) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

    4a) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

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    [QUOTE=Taumpy;178081]Round 2!

    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's - Come on Eileen

    2b) The Vapors - Turning Japanese

    3b) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

    4a) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

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    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's - Come on Eileen

    2a) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    3b) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

    4a) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
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    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's - Come on Eileen

    2a) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    3a) Toni Basil - Mickey

    4b) The Swingers - Counting the Beat
    In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.

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    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's - Come on Eileen

    2a) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    3a) Toni Basil - Mickey

    4b) The Swingers - Counting the Beat
    In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.

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    1b) Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue

    2a) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    3b) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

    4a) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

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    Round 3:

    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
    1b) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    2a) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
    2b) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

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    1b) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    2b) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
    comcast guy - m4m - 18 (nb)
    seem like we had that connection when we looked at each other
    you had a blue shirt on nice asss,dought you will see this but dosnt hurt to try, but id love to play with you. tell me what you where fixing, or the street name,or describe me.

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    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

    2a) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

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    1b) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    2a) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

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    1b) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    2b) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

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    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

    2b) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
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    1b) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    2a) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
    In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.

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    1a) Dexy's Midnight Runner's -

    2b) Eddy Grant -

    3a) Nena -

    4a) The Vapors -

    5b) Toni Basil - [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4CyNvEfWoE"]Mickey

    6b) The Kingsmen -

    7a) Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Cryptkickers -

    8a) The Swingers -
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    Dang, I missed round 2.

    1b) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    2b) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

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    Doh! I see I messed up, so my Round 3 votes are:

    1b) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    2a) The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

    Although asking me to chose between 99 Luftballons and Come on Eileen is just plain cruel!

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    1b) Nena - 99 Luftballons

    2b) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

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    Final round:

    Nena - 99 Luftballons

    vs.

    Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

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    Disappointing but
    Nena - 99 Luftballons

    Thank you for running this Taumpy

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    Nena - 99 Luftballons Cold War Angst rules!



    ETA: The only way there could be a better song would be if there were some pop song about Dawn over Hiroshima.
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    Nena - 99 Luftballons (told ya!)
    comcast guy - m4m - 18 (nb)
    seem like we had that connection when we looked at each other
    you had a blue shirt on nice asss,dought you will see this but dosnt hurt to try, but id love to play with you. tell me what you where fixing, or the street name,or describe me.

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    1b) Nena - 99 Luftballons

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    BRANDY (YOU'RE A FINE GIRL)
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    Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

    I've got your back, Myrna.
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    Yeah, gotta go with the underdog here.

    Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

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    Nena - 99 Luftballons
    In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.

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    Brandy gets my vote.

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